Country Germany Adm. region Dresden Time zone CET (UTC+1) Population 120,539 (2001) Administrative region Dresden | State Saxony Disbanded 2008-08-01 Vehicle registration RG Capital Großenhain Date dissolved August 1, 2008 | |
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Riesa-Großenhain was a district in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It was bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Elbe-Elster and Oberspreewald-Lausitz in Brandenburg, Kamenz, Meißen, Döbeln and Torgau-Oschatz.
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History
The district was created in 1994 by merging the two previous districts Riesa and Großenhain. In August 2008, it was incorporated into the district of Meißen.
Geography
The district is situated in the plain countryside north of the virtual line connecting Leipzig and Dresden. The main river is the Elbe which runs through the district from south to northwest.
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Riesa-Großenhain Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA